The mfr's numbers are only truly accurate with the OEM tires. Any change in tire sidewall stiffness or tire size, and you need to run different...
'86 700, 20K miles Recently I've been getting some odd feedback from the handle-bars when in tight, slow turns and when in 35mph-ish turns that...
Unless you know it was immaculately maintained, I'd replace all the fluids: - oil - coolant - flush/bleed clutch - flush/bleed brakes (front...
'86 700, 20K miles I've noticed that the rear rotor is too hot to touch after a ride, but the fronts are cool to the touch. This is even after...
I'm leery about hosing anything down, as we've got it fully apart, and bearings are exposed. I plan on lubing everything with oil as we put it...
We finally finishing tearing down the engine in my wife's Hawk this weekend. Now we're ordering parts and cleaning stuff up so we can...
How do you deal with the mess at the master cylinder? or do you have the banjo disconnected from the master so that you can catch the fluid?...
If the pump attached to the bleed valves, it was probably a vacuum bleeder. This is a positive pressure bleeder that pressurizes the whole...
I wasn't certain exactly how much modification you can get away with. I was assuming AMA Pro was similar to SCCA GT1/2/3 with the modifications...
Apparently the SV650s run damper rod forks, and he works on a bunch of privateer AMA SV650 race bikes.
desirable is an understatement... :smile:
All done, and WOW!! Finally got out on the bike, and talk about wow. I did a separate write-up on the results here:...
Lindemann Engineering Fork Services My fork seals finally gave up the ghost after 20K miles and 22 years. I called up a couple shops about...
I always found bleeding brakes a PITA until I bought the power bleeder, but that only had adapters that worked with the cars/trucks, not the two...
wow, that bike is just immaculate. Makes me feel bad for the condition mine's in...
Bleeding by hand didn't get me very far, but I was expecting that. It took almost an hour to bleed my clutch when I last tore into the clutch....
That's what I think it was, will find out as soon as I can dig into it.
Picked up the rebuilt forks on Friday, installed them today. $<400 for the work, not bad at all. They upgraded the springs from the stock ~.5...
I've seen that in here in Cali. Death Valley, July 4th weekend. The place is empty, and HOT doesn't begin to describe it. But it's so nice and...
Dropped off at Lindemann's. Tiny shop, but TONS of forks lying around. Jim asked what my bike was, weight, and where I rode (Hwy 9 commute, not...
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